This was not first time that Mohammed Riaz and 30 other families of Jammu's Gujjar Basti have turned homeless. Back in 1999, during the Kargil war, all these families had been uprooted from their homes in RS Pura. They had rebuilt their lives on the ...

Ahead of the upcoming assembly elections in Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir, BJP chief Amit Shah on Wednesday held meetings with leaders of these states and asked the partymen to gear up to ensure the party's victory at the hustings.

Alleging that the Rajasthan Government was "ignoring" the issue of reservation for Gujjars and other castes, Gujjar leader Kirori Singh Bainsla on Wednesday began a 'Mahapadav' (sit-in) in Sawaimadhopur district.

Pooja Gujjar is the consummate politician. She's quick-witted and outspoken, and, as her every-ready, dimpled smile suggests, always up for a challenge. She has, admittedly, a girlish streak. The first time she stood for election she chose as her sym...

The 30 suspended workers behind the recent labour unrest at Maruti Suzuki's Manesar plant have quietly exited the company after an unofficial settlement of upto Rs 14 lakhs, leaving the other workers in lurch.
The labour unrest that cost the auto major losses of Rs 1,600 crore in revenu...

Jaipur: Hundreds of Gujjars, squatting on railway tracks near Bayana in Bharatpur district for the past 17 days to press their demand for job quotas, have started packing their bags to return home after an agreement with the Rajasthan government.The Gujjars were assured five percent quota in governm...

Gujjars, demanding five per cent quota in jobs in Rajasthan, called off their 17-day agitation on Wednesday night after the state government assured them that it will complete within six months the quantifiable data collection for the purpose."I have called off the agitation. I am satisfied with wha...

A resolution on the Gujjar-government talks seems close at sight. A 21-member Gujjar delegation will hold a third round of talks with the Rajasthan government today. In a late night development, Gujjar leader Kirori Singh Bainsla has agreed to send the delegation to hold talks with the state ministe...

Gujjar leader Col Bainsla has agreed to hold talks with officials of the Rajasthan government. Late last night he said he will send a delegation of Gujjar leaders to hold talks with the three senior IAS officers who have been camping in Bayana. Last night the Gujjars lifted rail blockage at Niwai in...

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has alleged that the conspiracy to revive the quota stir in the state was hatched during the marriage of BJP chief Nitin Gadkari's son in Nagpur recently.Hitting out at the BJP for the ongoing Gujjar agitation, Gehlot said, "My associates told me that people who...

As the stand-off between Gujjars and the Rajasthan government enters the tenth day today, Gujjar leaders have threatened to bring their protests to Delhi. Gujjar, demanding among other things five per cent quota in government jobs and educational institutions, have planned a 'mahapanchayat' in Delhi...

The deadlock over quota talks between the Rajasthan government and Gujjar protesters continues as the agitation enters its ninth day on Tuesday.The state government is trying to engage the Gujjar leadership in finding a solution. Gujjar leader Col Bainsala is sending a five-member delegation to hold...

With Gujjar agitation intensifying in Rajasthan, airlines have hiked fares on Jaipur-Delhi and Jaipur-Mumbai routes while the bookings are almost full for the next two days.Travellers have no option but to pay twice or thrice the actual fare as the demand has raised after cancellation of numerous tr...

Stepping up their protests on Saturday, members of the Gujjar community in Rajasthan blocked rail and road routes in various parts of the state blocking links between Delhi and Jaipur, Jaipur and Agra and Mumbai and Delhi as well.Seventy trains were affected, diverted or cancelled in the busy holida...

Gujjars have stepped up their agitation and plan to choke major rail and road links a day after the Rajasthan High Court kept on hold the state government's Reservation Act giving five per cent extra quota for Gujjars in government jobs and educational institutes. Angry Gujjars are sitting on railwa...

The Centre has sent 1500 paramilitary troops to Rajasthan after the Gujjars stepped up their agitation following the Rajasthan High Court order that said members of the community could not be given special reservation in government jobs.The quota act that gives 5 per cent extra quota for Gujjars in ...

Hoping to bring the government on bended knees to the negotiating table, gujjars in Rajasthan have once again adopted strong arm tactics, demanding the implementation of five percent reservation in a special category. "We are going to stay on this track till social justice is imparted to us in deeds...

Gujjars, led by Kirori Singh Bainsla, occupied rail tracks near Bayana in Bharatpur district to press for their reservation demand, even as the Gehlot government stated that it would try to solve the issue through talks."We have occupied rail tracks near Pilukapura area and will move only after the ...

Gujjars in Rajasthan led by Colonel Bainsla are again on the warpath. They are angry that though the Quota bill that gave them 5 per cent reservations was passed last year, they are yet to get any benefits.